The Multiple Sclerosis Manifesto Action To Take, Principles to Live By [Paperback]

An empowering guide for increasing your quality of life, navigating challenges, and embracing opportunities

Julie Stachowiak, PhD is the About.com Guide to Multiple Sclerosis. As an epidemiologist who is also a person living with MS, Julie has an in-depth understanding about the scientific developments around MS and the personal side of living with a chronic illness. In theMultiple Sclerosis Manifesto,Julie shows you how to create your own personal MS manifesto and provides practical tools and reassurance to help you ?get better? in your life, from optimizing medical care and managing symptoms, to strengthening relationships, dealing with emotions, and embracing activism.

Committed to making the hard parts easier and the good parts last longer, Julie show you how to figure out what you need, identify opportunities, understand challenges, and get your needs met. With theMultiple Sclerosis Manifesto, you?ll know how to:

• Create your personal mission statement
• Protect yourself by learning more about medications you are currently taking or considering to take
• Determine what you want in a doctor and how to evaluate the doctor you have
• Celebrate your successes?and why it?s essential that you do
• Make disclosing your MS status to friends, family and others easier
• Find a support group

Proceed With Confidence
Be An MS Expert
Put Your Symptoms In Their Place. Make Your Doctor Work For You
Don't Let Treatment Just Happen
Go Off-Road Responsibly
Be Prepared
Create Health In New Places
Reform Relationships On Your Terms
Cooperate With Your Emotions
Be Your Own Advocate
Get In The Mix
Seek Inspiration.